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Chapter 9
Oz sighed heavily. He had his first class with the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw sixth years in a half hour and Willow had fallen asleep on him. He was trying desperately to think of a way to get up without waking her. After ten more minutes he removed his arm from around her shoulders slowly and sat up. Her eyes opened and she gazed dazedly at him. He smiled softly.
"Hey"
"Mmm"
He kissed the top of her head. "Go back to sleep"
"Mmm. 'Kay"
He watched her for a few minutes, stroking her cheek until she fell back asleep. Then left to go to class.
******
Fred and George looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean by vengeance demon?"
" A demon that grants wishes as revenge."
"Cool!" they said in unison.
Oz sighed. "No, not cool at all. She could kill hundreds of people with this one wish. Once this wish went wrong and this Vampire Willow came out of another dimension."
"Willow?"
"Professor Rosenberg."
"I can't see her as a vampire. What was she like?" Lee Jordan asked.
Oz looked around, slightly uncomfortable. "She was kind of....well she was wearing the skimpiest leather outfit ever. And I don't think anything else I could say would be suitable for your ears."
All the boys looked slightly disappointed. Oz sighed. "Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, vengeance demons. Well the only one I know, Anyanka, only provides wishes to scorned men........."
******
Xander met Oz by the greenhouses. "So why do you think Hagrid needs us?"
Oz shook his head. "I don't want to know."
"It must be pretty big though. Would it be safe to show something dangerous to kids."
Oz shrugged. "Did you hear about those Blast-Ended Skrewts last year?"
"Yeah. I'm glad I wasn't here last year."
"Mmm. Hey, did you bring the tranquilliser gun?"
"Yep. It's weird though. If this thing is big and hairy and blast-endy than why do they need a tranq gun. I can't see that working."
Oz turned to look at him incredulously. He shook his head and started to walk again.
"What? What's with the look?"
Oz sighed. "Xander, the gun isn't for the whatever-the-heck-you-call-it."
"Who is it for?"
"Me."
"Oh. I thought you were all Mr. Control now."
"I am, most of the time. It's just that if a thing gets out of control, I can fight it as a human, but, coupled with that little Malfoy and in public, you just can't be too sure."
"Oh gotcha. If Oz goes hairy, shoot him before he eats the little snake."
"You got it man."
"Do ya think Dawnie'll be okay with the whole 'grr' possibility?"
"Probably not."
They reached Hagrid's cabin. There was a cluster of students beside the cabin. Hagrid was talking loudly to them. A loud roar was heard and the teenagers moved back quickly.
Oz and Xander picked up their pace. As they rounded to one side of the cabin, they saw why the kids had moved back. Hagrid greeted them happily but they didn't answer him. They were to busy looking at the.....thing in front of him.
It was enormous. It had scales all over it's body and feathers on the top of it's head. It was balanced on it's hind legs and it had human arms. It's face was mostly human, except for a beak and a mouth full of razor sharp teeth. It's moss colour contrasted with the bright blue of the skin and made it look all the more powerful.
"Whoa." Oz said evenly.
"Affirmative" Xander responded weakly.
Dawn ran over to meet them. "Cool isn't it."
They gave her strange looks. "Yeah, cool." Xander said sarcastically.
Dawn shrugged. "I think it's cool."
Malfoy looked at it with a sneer. "God, look at how ugly it is. It's like a mutated bird gone wrong." The best snarled at him. Hagrid looked nervous. "Now, now malfoy, no need t' insult it. It reacts quite like an 'ippogriff." Malfoy paled.
"Anyway, this is called a Fressan. 'e uses 'is big teeth to rip 'is opponents to shreds. 'e's also really strong. You don't want t' upset him."
The children took another step back, except Malfoy. He seemed to be desperate to prove himself. He looked directly at the monster.
"Come on ugly." He looked to the students. "Oh come on, he's chained up. Aren't you, you ugly whatever-the-hell-you-are." The Fressan looked angry and tried to struggle out of the chains. Malfoy smirked.
"What? Are you too scared you big fat bastard." The creature let out a roar. Malfoy didn't have time to react before Dawn grabbed him and pulled him back with all of her strength. He stumbled back and fell on top of her, a micro-second before the Fressan broke free of his chains and attacked the exact spot he had been standing at.
The Fressan let out a shriek and started to go for Malfoy again. Oz grabbed him and pulled him back. The Fressan looked at him furiously, all thoughts of Malfoy forgotten. He attacked Oz.
Oz went flying back with the strength of his blow. He doubled up in pain almost immediately. Hagrid moved to help him but Dawn stopped him with a scream. Oz looked up and looked straight at Xander. Xander lowered the gun.
Oz's face started to sprout hair. His eyes changed colour. His teeth began to sharpen. His shirt ripped open. The it stopped. He stood up, half human, half werewolf. He attacked the Fressan with all his strength. Ten minutes later, the beast was unconscious. Oz took a deep breath and he slowly returned back to normal. He collapsed on the ground and Dawn rushed over to him.
"Are you okay?"
He groaned slightly. "I'll be fine."
Ron, Harry and Hermione came over. "That was so cool!" Ron exclaimed.
Harry nodded. Hermione looked nervous. Oz sat up and looked at the Fressan. "Is it dead?"
"I don't think so. Looks unconscious."
"Good."
"Good! It nearly killed Malfoy."
Ron rolled his eyes. "Yeah 'Mione, what a bummer."
She sighed. "I could have killed you, Ron"
"No way, I'm not that stupid."
"Wanna bet?"
"Hey! What about you? What would you do? Throw a book at it."
"Shut up, Ron"
Harry shook his head. "I'm going over to help Hagrid."
Dawn giggled at the two fighting in front of them.
Oz looked at them. "I'm trying to figure out which one is Cordelia."
Xander nodded. "Neither of us were as smart as Hermione."
"I guess it's just the teenage hormone thing."
"Huh?"
"I can smell the pheromones."
"Eew!"
"I think that's a teenage thing too, Dawn. Always jumping to the dirty conclusion."
"No, that's just a man thing. I mean okay, yeah, I had my first kiss with a vampire but I mean, hello, I wouldn't have kissed him if I had known he was gonna try and suck my blood."
"What did you think, Dawnie? That he was gonna give you a hickey?!" Xander put in.
Dawn rolled her eyes.
Oz chuckled.
******
"So... how are you?"
"Tired. You?"
"Same."
Oz and Buffy were patrolling the grounds. So far they hadn't seen anything demonic and they were both exhausted. After a few minutes, Buffy threw down her stake.
"This is stupid! I wanna kill something. I wanna go to bed and sleep for the next week."
"You can sleep in tomorrow." Oz said gently. "And we are going to that Hogsmeade place tomorrow. You can go shopping."
She brightened up. "Yay, magic shopping!" She looked around.
"This sucks! Lets just go. There's nothing here."
Oz nodded.
They went back to the castle to get some sleep.
************
Hey bit,
No, I'm not related to any Malfoys. If he touches you tell him I will torture him to death. I swear to God, this place is as boring as Hell. In fact, it's worse. All the vampires have disappeared and not even Willy knows why.
I went to see bloody Peaches like you said. He gave me a load of self-help books. Bugger that! He said he'll write to you. That bitchy-cheerleader/ half-demon sends her love. You'll never guess who Peaches has working for him-the Giles wannabe, Wyndam-Pryce. And Peaches has a son. That was a bit of a shock for me. I mean, I know he and Darla had a history but Bloody Hell! I quite like the kid though. He sent Peaches to the bottom of the ocean for 3 months. Got a bit of Angelus in him I think.
Like I said, the Hellmouth is dead (excuse the pun). I'm bloody bored. Give my regards to Buffy, Red, Xander and Wolfie (now I have to think of a name for him too!)
Spike.
Chapter 9
Oz sighed heavily. He had his first class with the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw sixth years in a half hour and Willow had fallen asleep on him. He was trying desperately to think of a way to get up without waking her. After ten more minutes he removed his arm from around her shoulders slowly and sat up. Her eyes opened and she gazed dazedly at him. He smiled softly.
"Hey"
"Mmm"
He kissed the top of her head. "Go back to sleep"
"Mmm. 'Kay"
He watched her for a few minutes, stroking her cheek until she fell back asleep. Then left to go to class.
******
Fred and George looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean by vengeance demon?"
" A demon that grants wishes as revenge."
"Cool!" they said in unison.
Oz sighed. "No, not cool at all. She could kill hundreds of people with this one wish. Once this wish went wrong and this Vampire Willow came out of another dimension."
"Willow?"
"Professor Rosenberg."
"I can't see her as a vampire. What was she like?" Lee Jordan asked.
Oz looked around, slightly uncomfortable. "She was kind of....well she was wearing the skimpiest leather outfit ever. And I don't think anything else I could say would be suitable for your ears."
All the boys looked slightly disappointed. Oz sighed. "Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, vengeance demons. Well the only one I know, Anyanka, only provides wishes to scorned men........."
******
Xander met Oz by the greenhouses. "So why do you think Hagrid needs us?"
Oz shook his head. "I don't want to know."
"It must be pretty big though. Would it be safe to show something dangerous to kids."
Oz shrugged. "Did you hear about those Blast-Ended Skrewts last year?"
"Yeah. I'm glad I wasn't here last year."
"Mmm. Hey, did you bring the tranquilliser gun?"
"Yep. It's weird though. If this thing is big and hairy and blast-endy than why do they need a tranq gun. I can't see that working."
Oz turned to look at him incredulously. He shook his head and started to walk again.
"What? What's with the look?"
Oz sighed. "Xander, the gun isn't for the whatever-the-heck-you-call-it."
"Who is it for?"
"Me."
"Oh. I thought you were all Mr. Control now."
"I am, most of the time. It's just that if a thing gets out of control, I can fight it as a human, but, coupled with that little Malfoy and in public, you just can't be too sure."
"Oh gotcha. If Oz goes hairy, shoot him before he eats the little snake."
"You got it man."
"Do ya think Dawnie'll be okay with the whole 'grr' possibility?"
"Probably not."
They reached Hagrid's cabin. There was a cluster of students beside the cabin. Hagrid was talking loudly to them. A loud roar was heard and the teenagers moved back quickly.
Oz and Xander picked up their pace. As they rounded to one side of the cabin, they saw why the kids had moved back. Hagrid greeted them happily but they didn't answer him. They were to busy looking at the.....thing in front of him.
It was enormous. It had scales all over it's body and feathers on the top of it's head. It was balanced on it's hind legs and it had human arms. It's face was mostly human, except for a beak and a mouth full of razor sharp teeth. It's moss colour contrasted with the bright blue of the skin and made it look all the more powerful.
"Whoa." Oz said evenly.
"Affirmative" Xander responded weakly.
Dawn ran over to meet them. "Cool isn't it."
They gave her strange looks. "Yeah, cool." Xander said sarcastically.
Dawn shrugged. "I think it's cool."
Malfoy looked at it with a sneer. "God, look at how ugly it is. It's like a mutated bird gone wrong." The best snarled at him. Hagrid looked nervous. "Now, now malfoy, no need t' insult it. It reacts quite like an 'ippogriff." Malfoy paled.
"Anyway, this is called a Fressan. 'e uses 'is big teeth to rip 'is opponents to shreds. 'e's also really strong. You don't want t' upset him."
The children took another step back, except Malfoy. He seemed to be desperate to prove himself. He looked directly at the monster.
"Come on ugly." He looked to the students. "Oh come on, he's chained up. Aren't you, you ugly whatever-the-hell-you-are." The Fressan looked angry and tried to struggle out of the chains. Malfoy smirked.
"What? Are you too scared you big fat bastard." The creature let out a roar. Malfoy didn't have time to react before Dawn grabbed him and pulled him back with all of her strength. He stumbled back and fell on top of her, a micro-second before the Fressan broke free of his chains and attacked the exact spot he had been standing at.
The Fressan let out a shriek and started to go for Malfoy again. Oz grabbed him and pulled him back. The Fressan looked at him furiously, all thoughts of Malfoy forgotten. He attacked Oz.
Oz went flying back with the strength of his blow. He doubled up in pain almost immediately. Hagrid moved to help him but Dawn stopped him with a scream. Oz looked up and looked straight at Xander. Xander lowered the gun.
Oz's face started to sprout hair. His eyes changed colour. His teeth began to sharpen. His shirt ripped open. The it stopped. He stood up, half human, half werewolf. He attacked the Fressan with all his strength. Ten minutes later, the beast was unconscious. Oz took a deep breath and he slowly returned back to normal. He collapsed on the ground and Dawn rushed over to him.
"Are you okay?"
He groaned slightly. "I'll be fine."
Ron, Harry and Hermione came over. "That was so cool!" Ron exclaimed.
Harry nodded. Hermione looked nervous. Oz sat up and looked at the Fressan. "Is it dead?"
"I don't think so. Looks unconscious."
"Good."
"Good! It nearly killed Malfoy."
Ron rolled his eyes. "Yeah 'Mione, what a bummer."
She sighed. "I could have killed you, Ron"
"No way, I'm not that stupid."
"Wanna bet?"
"Hey! What about you? What would you do? Throw a book at it."
"Shut up, Ron"
Harry shook his head. "I'm going over to help Hagrid."
Dawn giggled at the two fighting in front of them.
Oz looked at them. "I'm trying to figure out which one is Cordelia."
Xander nodded. "Neither of us were as smart as Hermione."
"I guess it's just the teenage hormone thing."
"Huh?"
"I can smell the pheromones."
"Eew!"
"I think that's a teenage thing too, Dawn. Always jumping to the dirty conclusion."
"No, that's just a man thing. I mean okay, yeah, I had my first kiss with a vampire but I mean, hello, I wouldn't have kissed him if I had known he was gonna try and suck my blood."
"What did you think, Dawnie? That he was gonna give you a hickey?!" Xander put in.
Dawn rolled her eyes.
Oz chuckled.
******
"So... how are you?"
"Tired. You?"
"Same."
Oz and Buffy were patrolling the grounds. So far they hadn't seen anything demonic and they were both exhausted. After a few minutes, Buffy threw down her stake.
"This is stupid! I wanna kill something. I wanna go to bed and sleep for the next week."
"You can sleep in tomorrow." Oz said gently. "And we are going to that Hogsmeade place tomorrow. You can go shopping."
She brightened up. "Yay, magic shopping!" She looked around.
"This sucks! Lets just go. There's nothing here."
Oz nodded.
They went back to the castle to get some sleep.
************
Hey bit,
No, I'm not related to any Malfoys. If he touches you tell him I will torture him to death. I swear to God, this place is as boring as Hell. In fact, it's worse. All the vampires have disappeared and not even Willy knows why.
I went to see bloody Peaches like you said. He gave me a load of self-help books. Bugger that! He said he'll write to you. That bitchy-cheerleader/ half-demon sends her love. You'll never guess who Peaches has working for him-the Giles wannabe, Wyndam-Pryce. And Peaches has a son. That was a bit of a shock for me. I mean, I know he and Darla had a history but Bloody Hell! I quite like the kid though. He sent Peaches to the bottom of the ocean for 3 months. Got a bit of Angelus in him I think.
Like I said, the Hellmouth is dead (excuse the pun). I'm bloody bored. Give my regards to Buffy, Red, Xander and Wolfie (now I have to think of a name for him too!)
Spike.
